From the Desk of the Director of the Ashtabula Arts Center

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2928 West 13th St. Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 phone: 440-964-3396 Search This Site: May/June 2008: Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2008 Good day! I hope our long-awaited Spring has been a breath of fresh air for you as it has been for all of us here at the Ashtabula Arts Center. March and April are the months we kick off our annual membership/fund drive for our upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1st annually. By now many of you have already received letters from the AAC's membership/fund drive committee asking for your support. I know some of you may wonder when it ever ends (our volunteers also feel this way sometimes). Last campaign continued through the year until early January due to the fact we had not yet achieved our goal. Thanks to the efforts of our core committee, which addresses this very necessary effort, we were successful! BRAVO to Scot Sinkler, Mike Fedler, Tom Picken, Judy Robson, Kim Laurello, Adele Herzog and Rob Schimmelpfennig for all the extra work they put into this critical effort. Thankfully each member of this group has already committed to working again this year to help us reach our goal. If you are interested in joining this hardworking group, please let us know - the more the merrier! We also understand some of you may have contributed as recently as last December and are now wondering why we are approaching you again so soon. We are asking that you consider making a pledge at this time while making your actual payment at a later date. Just note your request on your pledge envelope, and we will be glad to send you a reminder statement at a later date. If you have never pledged or contributed before and haven't done so in the recent past, we encourage you to consider doing so at this time. You are on our mailing list because you have attended a performance, class or event at the Center or have requested we include you. The annual membership/fund drive comprises 20% of our annual budget and is critical to our existence. The Center has an excellent track record of generating about 60% of our budget through earned income, but we are very dependent upon your support to successfully end each year. The Arts Center understands this is a particularly difficult time economically all the way around. The dollars you invest in the Ashtabula Arts Center support programming and activities right here in our home region. We are all feeling the pinch of these tight times. We hope you will agree that investing further in the Ashtabula Arts Center is a true value and good use of your support. We are most thankful for your consideration and support.